Section 38:
Power to make rules.
(1) The Central Government or the State Government, as the case may
be, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may
prescribe—
(a) the procedure to be followed in arbitration proceedings under this Chapter;
(b) the period within which the owner of any property or any other person interested in the
amount of compensation may apply to the Government concerned for referring the matter to an
arbitrator;
(c) the principles to be followed in apportioning the costs of proceedings before the arbitrator;
(d) the method of payment of compensation;
(e) the manner of service of notices and orders;
(f) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.